The Democratic Presidential Debate takes place on CNN on Tuesday night and will see Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders go head to head to convince the electorate that they should be their pick for the White House in 2016. The debate has a scheduled start time of 8.30 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the CNN network, or online through CNN live stream via the link below.
Even though the large Republican field of hopeful presidential nominees have had two big televised debates already so far, this will be the first time that the nation gets to see a Democratic Presidential Debate.
The debate will be a huge chance for both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to consolidate their support as well as convince those not yet on their side why they should give their vote to them for the Democratic ticket for president.
Clinton and Sanders have rarely mentioned each other in the months preceding this debate, although more recently they have taken some indirect jabs at one another. Clinton has highlighted Sanders' stance on gun control, as well as his poor standing with minority voters. Sanders has also pointed out Clinton's history in the Iraq crisis as well as her Wall Street record.
It is not thought that either candidate will want to highlight one of the main issues surrounding the Democratic presidential run this year; that is Hillary Clinton's controversial dealings with her own email server while she was Secretary of State. However, the issue should be brought up and analyzed in the debate through the CNN moderators as it is one of the most prominent, most talked about issues since Clinton announced her run.
Clinton has found it difficult to counter the consistent negative reports about why she chose to use her own email server, as well as why she deleted tranches of emails she self classified as "personal". The issue has seen her "trustworthiness" plummet among voters.
The former Secretary of State has also struggled to convince many that she genuinely cares about the middle class, and this could be an opportunity for her to address those concerns.
Pundits believe that she will come out tonight to highlight gun control issues, and Sanders' lack of support among minorities as reasons why she is the stronger contender for the Democratic Party.
Sanders meanwhile will likely point out that Clinton, as a New York State senator, voted to authorize the Iraq War, where as he himself voted against the war while a member of the House of Representatives in 2002.
Tonight's Democratic Presidential Debate on CNN can be watched from 8.30 p.m. ET and can be watched online through CNN live stream by clicking here.
